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New Comet.—Two telegrams and circular No. 361 from the I.A.U. Bureau, Copenhagen, announce the discovery of a comet of the ninth magnitude by Mr. H. E. Houghton (presumably at Pretoria) on April 1. It was observed at the Cape observatory as follows: April—2d18h0mU.T., R.A. 13h 39m16s, S. Decl. 75° 50′; daily motion,6m 0s, N. 1° 26′. No orbit is to hand, but the rapid northward motion may bring it into the view of European astronomers before very long. Actually the U.T. of the above observation was given as 6h, but as there was daylight at the Cape at that time, it is presumed that 18h was meant.
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Astronomical Topics. Nature 129, 585 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129585a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/129585a0